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Originally Posted by skorpion317
one of the best pictures and stories i've ever seen/heard goes like this:
A woman was driving her 1997 Ford Explorer around when she noticed a grinding noise when she stepped on the brakes. She didn't quite know what this meant, so she drove to her local auto repair shop to find out what the problem was. When the mechanic took the wheels off to investigate, he found quite a shock....
The woman had no brake pads left. Not only that, she didn't have them for a LOOOONG time. It was just metal grinding on metal. The brake rotor was cut horribly. It had about 1/2 to 3/4" deep grooves cut into it. It looked like a slot car race track. I used to have a picture of it, but i can't find it now. I'll keep looking and hopefully i'll find it and put it up here.
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That aint NOTHING!! We had a car in the other day that didnt have any rear drum hardwear to hold the shoes together, and the wheel cyls were blown out.
Ive had vented rotors wear right to the veins in the middle. The hat part fused to the hub, and the rotor came right off with a tug....but the hat part staid fused onto the hub. Imagine this guy making an emergency braking manuver behind you? The rotor would have snapped, and he would have went right into the back of your car. That brake job was like two grand.
And to think that the guy just came in to get his battery check. When the tech pulled it in, he hit the brakes, but the pedal hit the floor, and he almost went though the wall.